once upon a love x j.t. x h.s.

epilogue: niall x leigh-anne

Yes, this too, is before Jade and Harry's wedding.

The couple everyone has been begging me for, aye? 😂

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11th February 2021

"Hey, you fine?" Leigh-Anne jumped slightly at the voice, calming down when she realised she was still holding on to a baby. Leigh-Anne opened her eyes slowly and recognised Niall's silhouette in front of her.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," the blond placed his hand on her shoulder. Niall took Amelia from her embrace. "Let me get her. You should get some rest."

Leigh-Anne walked towards the toilet and washed her face. She stared at the mirror, realising she looks like a mess. Her unkempt curly hair is sticking out all over her face and her eyeliner and mascara are smudged. Embarrassment crept to her when she became aware that Niall had seen her in this state.

"Who's the good baby?" She heard Niall's voice echoed the room. "It's my favourite Anya, isn't it?" Leigh-Anne walked into the living room to see Niall blowing a raspberry on the baby's stomach. He placed Amelia on the floor and cheered when she's able to support herself. "Look at you, four months old and able to do this! Your parents will be so proud!"

Leigh-Anne leaned against the doorway and smiled as she watched the scene. She had offered Jade and Harry to babysit the child since the couple has to rush for their wedding appointments. They were supposed to bring Amelia along but Leigh-Anne offered her help since she knows how chaotic it is to bring a baby to meetings.

Unfortunately for Leigh-Anne, while the baby had behaved during the first few hours with her (as Leigh-Anne claimed) favourite godmother, Amelia started fussing soon after and Leigh-Anne had run out of tactics to calm the baby down. So she resorted to calling Niall for help since she knows he's always, aside from Amelia's parents, the one who's able to calm the baby down.

Leigh-Anne grinned as she watched Niall pick up Amelia, raising her so that she was above his head. She chuckled when a drop of saliva dropped into the man's mouth, causing him to mockingly scold his goddaughter.

"You naughty girl! Did your father teach you that?" He scolded Amelia jokingly then he paused. "Or maybe it's your mother who taught that. Both of them are disgusting." Amelia let out a light giggle, causing Niall to freeze. "Wait, did you just laugh? Holy shit, I need to record this."

Amelia continued to giggle and Niall squealed when he got in on tape. Leigh-Anne bet he'll send it to their group chat to show off to the others. As expected, her phone buzzed immediately.

Leigh-Anne chuckled and walked over to the duo. "You do know that's not her first time right?"

"Shut up Leigh. I'm the first godfather she laughed at, so that's an achievement."

"Sure sure," Leigh-Anne mocked. Amelia started whining a little and looked at Leigh-Anne. "Is my little Annie tired?" The baby looked at her with her huge Bambi eyes. "Stop looking at me like that," Leigh-Anne's heart melted and carried the baby. "Niall, do you mind taking her milk on the counter please?"

Niall did as he's told and Leigh-Anne fed Amelia her milk and burped her once she's done. She started rocking Amelia to sleep.

"Hey, I'm sorry I called you," Leigh-Anne whispered, not wanting to wake up the baby who's almost sleeping.

Niall shrugged, his face is devoid of expression.

"What were you doing by the way?" She inquired.

"Um," he hesitated, "A date."

Leigh-Anne felt her heart dropped. She felt the disappointment and jealousy creeping up her body but she immediately stopped herself. She has no reason to be jealous. Niall's a single man and he can do whatever he wants. But she couldn't help but feel down. Niall and she had been avoiding each other since they kissed and whenever the two group meets, they will ignore each other. And Leigh-Anne couldn't help but feel hurt by that.